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The Court reiterates that the applicant can loose his victim status only where the state has acknowledged, either expressly or in substance, the breach of the Convention and has afforded adequate redress for such breach, such as reducing the sentence in an express and measurable manner (see Jensen v. Denmark (dec.), no. 48470/99, ECHR 2001-X, Beck v. Norway, no. 26390/95, 26 June 2001, § 27, and Eckle v. Germany, 15 July 1982, § 66, Series A no. 51).

"Charge", for the purposes of Article 6 § 1, may be defined as "the official notification given to an individual by the competent authority of an allegation that he has committed a criminal offence", a definition that also corresponds to the test whether "the situation of the [suspect] has been substantially affected" (see Reinhardt and Slimane-Kaïd v. France, 31 March 1998, § 93, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1998-II; and Eckle v. Germany, 15 July 1982, § 73, Series A no. 51).

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The Court reiterates that the reasonableness of the length of proceedings must be assessed in the light of the circumstances of the case and with reference to the following criteria: the complexity of the case, the conduct of the applicant and the relevant authorities (see, among many other authorities, Pélissier and Sassi v. France [GC], no. 25444/94, § 67, ECHR 1999-II).